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PATTERN OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG CHILDREN ADMITTED TO MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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• Violence, Assault and Injury, Domestic Violence

Abstract

Background: Children's injuries are a growing global public health problem. It can be divided into intentional and unintentional injuries based on intent. Unintentional injuries include road traffic accidents (RTA), falls, burns, poisoning, drowning, occupational injuries, and injuries in disaster situations, whereas intentional ones include suicide, assault, child maltreatment, and homicides. Aim: The study aimed to measure the frequency of unintentional injuries among children, to determine the different types and patterns of injuries, as well as the consequent morbidity and mortality. Patients and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted on 275 cases of children less than 18 years of age admitted to the Menoufia University Hospital emergency room due to unintentional trauma over one year. Results: Males were around three times greater than females, accounting for 71.5% of the investigated sample. Road traffic accidents (RTA) accounted for 58.9% of all injury cases, followed by burn injuries (25.6%), and lastly, falls from height (15.6%). Recovery was the most frequent outcome (72.2%), followed by cases released against medical recommendation (11.1%), while 10% of patients experienced complications such as infection or permanent disability, and 6.7% died. Conclusions: Unintentional injuries are a major global health problem and one of the leading causes of death, hospitalization, and disability worldwide. Road traffic injuries (RTA), falls and burns are the most frequent causes of unintentional injuries in children in Egypt. Recommendations: Preventive measures include protecting children from hot liquids, enhancing pedestrian safety, monitoring bathing, and using stair-blocking gates. Continuous monitoring and specialized injury prevention studies are needed to support the implementation of injury prevention techniques.

DOI

10.21608/ejfsat.2024.247409.1309

Keywords

Unintentional injuries, Patterns, children, Menoufia, Egypt

Authors

First Name

Reham

Last Name

El-Farouny

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University

Email

dr_reham2004@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-0747-6760

First Name

rasha

Last Name

azab

MiddleName

Mamdoh

Affiliation

Forensic mediciine& clinical toxicology , Menoufia university

Email

drrashammdoh@gmail.com

City

cairo

Orcid

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Volume

24

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

46911

Issue Date

2024-03-01

Receive Date

2023-11-13

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

19

Page End

29

Print ISSN

1687-0875

Online ISSN

2535-1915

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https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/article_349026.html

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429

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology

Publication Link

https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/

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PATTERN OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG CHILDREN ADMITTED TO MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS

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23 Dec 2024